Wow, what a great idea!it really looks like the sections with 6 fins should spin
Wow, what a great idea!it really looks like the sections with 6 fins should spin
When I look at this rocket I wait for the .gif to start because it really looks like the sections with 6 fins should spin
-Bob
For all the effort, I don't know how well you'd actually see it in flight. Would look cool on display though.Now I'm thinking what one could do with a stationary central core, a few wheel bearings out some rollerblades, and slightly canted fins in the 6-fin section(s).
Any other color votes from #851?
This design needs some work, though; there's something not quite right about it.
I actually love the grey, but it adds difficulty to the decaling that I'm not really interested in dealing with.I really like #1 as well! The grey may be an improvement, but I don't think that the rocket will be ugly in all white .
Mainly what I said above. It's possible that with a good paint job it would be nice.You have a more discerning eye than me. Any idea what it is you don't like? Proportions, colors, cosmetics?
Right now I really need to do a clean-sheet new design or two.
Who was it did that "spin can" build thread a while ago? He worked out all the details, so one could use that design for this mid section.Wow, what a great idea!
when has not making sense ever stopped the designers so sci-fi vehicles? OK, lots of time actually, but there are plenty of others that were not stopped.If it's gonna be a real sci-fi model (and it seems like it is) then the front core and canards (or whatever you want to call them) don't really make much sense.
Who was it did that "spin can" build thread a while ago? He worked out all the details, so one could use that design for this mid section.
I usually don't particularly care, but in this case the contradictions really bug me. Just my own reaction when I look at it.when has not making sense ever stopped the designers so sci-fi vehicles? OK, lots of time actually, but there are plenty of others that were not stopped.
Sounds like Estes AstroBeamMake the section between the smaller fins clear plastic tubing.
Stationary central core is the stuffer tube.
Maybe some led lights.
You could have your translucent decal or wrap on the clear tubing and backlit by the leds.
Swirling plasma?
Oh wait, that's another rocket.
Maybe too "busy"?
I remember a helicopter rocket, I think QCR, with a body tube around a slightly smaller body tube, lubricated with graphite, that allowed the rotors to spin with little rotation of the main tube and fins....@KenECoyote also made a spin can on a smaller rocket. Still too big for my typical application.
I usually don't particularly care, but in this case the contradictions really bug me. Just my own reaction when I look at it.
At some point hopefully I'll find a way to use those wings, because I do like 'em.
https://store.heavenlyhobbies.com/07-024-0100.htmlI remember a helicopter rocket, I think QCR, with a body tube around a slightly smaller body tube, lubricated with graphite, that allowed the rotors to spin with little rotation of the main tube and fins....
Yup, that's it.
When I look at this rocket I wait for the .gif to start because it really looks like the sections with 6 fins should spin
-Bob
Yeah, that would work.
A project for the truly ambitious (and masochistic...)
...a illusion if spun widdershins or deiseil
Maybe both!Good morning Charles, I can't tell I don't have a large enough vocabulary, or if you're taste testing Cider this morning.
Good morning Charles, I can't tell I don't have a large enough vocabulary, or if you're taste testing Cider this morning.
I learned two new words today, cool.
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